Friday, September 17, 2010

It's a "Go" Tumbler Die

All righty!! Here I “Go”



Look at all the goodies you will receive with your “Go”




The Cutting System
The Starter Die which includes a
4 ½ inch square a
2 ½ inch square and a
Half square 2 inch finished triangle (with dog-eared corners)
A 10 X 10 cutting mat
Fabric pick
And a dust cover!!


As I said in my previous post, I choose harder shapes for me to cut.



The 6 ½ inch Apple Core (with notches for easy piecing)
The 6 ½ inch Tumbler (with dog-eared corners)
The quarter square 4 inch finished triangle (An Alex Anderson Die) and
A 6 X 12 cutting mat

Ready to start. Here she is in all her glory!




I have decided to start out with the tumbler die.


BUT, wait; I have just encountered my first problem. MY PROBLEM and many with poor eye site was where was the blade?




Hmmm, how do I find it, push it with my hands? Not a good idea, use a magnifying glass? No!!
Aha! I headed over to the AccuQuilt You Tube Channel. Yes they have their own You Tube Channel!!

Look at what I found, pure genius!!!






OK, my die is now marked and I am ready to “Go”.



With a touch of fall in the air the first fun idea I had was to make a scrappy Halloween Pillow!

So, here are my fabric scraps for this project.



I choose some fabrics and laid them on the foam side of the die.



Placed the cutting mat on top.



And started to roll!!



Look at these beauties!!!



Hmmm, I had a lot of smaller pieces that I wanted to use, so, I made my own fabric!



Are you kidding, how cute are these!!



OK, stop playing Jane; and now I will try to sew them together. With the dog-eared corners it was so simple to match the pieces



Off to the machine.



Perfect!!



Look at what I did in less than ten minutes!!



Nuts to the pillow!! I am going to make a scrappy Halloween Quilt.
Look at all the pieces I made in under five minutes.




There is one very had part about this machine;

Picking out the fabrics!!!!


I am off to "Go" and have some more fun!

See you later!







23 comments:

  1. Glad you are "Go"ing for it! I just got back my Halloween Block swap quilt back from the quilter. Can't wait to put on the binding!

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  2. Great dies you have to play with...love the scrappy tumbler idea!

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  3. Hooray for you Jane! I love the pieced blocks...great way to use up pieces too small to be cut on their own.

    MGM

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  4. You GO! girl!

    Woo hoo! Or should I say, "Boo!"

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  5. hahahahahahaah! I am so thrilled that you love your Go! Can't wait to see the finished project. Now Go! have some more fun!

    :-D)

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  6. I love my tumbler die! I made two table topper/wall hangings with Halloween fabric too. I tried to make a tumbler quilt before and it came out all crooked. I love the notches, it made each piece line up beautifully without me thinking too hard. Always a good thing :)

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  7. Looks like you are having fun! I won a set of tumbler blocks cut on a GO awhile ago and put them together last week. They all fit together so nice!

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  8. What a great idea to see where the blades are!!!! You are going to have fun. Like you, I would order the more difficult ones to cut first.

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  9. Looks like you are having fun with the GO. Go Girl with the Go!
    Micki

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  10. Looks like lots of fun Jane and the Halloween project is GOing to be the cutest! :-)

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  11. Spooktacular! I love your post and I think your Halloween tumbler quilt will be really cute. Delightful fabrics.

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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  12. It can get addictive can't it!! Love your fabric choices and your tumbler quilt.

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  13. Jane, that is pretty awesome! The dies you have are lovely! Have fun!!

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  14. Maybe one day I can be a "GO! Girl" with a GO. Your Halloween quilt will be great. My Mom is a star "making" fabrics too.

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  15. Way to GO Jane!!! I LOVE the pieced tumblers, just too cute and I can't wait to see the finished quilt. Enjoy! Hugs...

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  16. Jane you make it sound like sooo much fun (I mean really fun like christmas morning fun) Maybe christmas will come early this year.

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  17. OK - I'm sold! I can't wait for the apple cores! I'm thinking '30s fabrics? You MUST have lots of scraps! I'm always willing to send some your way!

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  18. Love it! Making your own fabric turned out so cute! What a great idea!

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  19. Wow Jane, looks like you're having so much fun playing with the Go. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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  20. Fun Halloween fabrics you're using with your tumbler.

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  21. You know what.. this looks like it would be easy enough for my ds 12 to be able to do it with me as a homeschool "home ec" project! How very exciting! I have seen some great information bout these and it makes me so eager and excited.

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